🇧🇷 Brazilian

Cheese Galinhada

Name: Cheese Galinhada
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Brazilian
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 1, finely chopped Onion; 1 tsp Turmeric Powder; 300 g Rice; 3 Spring Onions; 600 ml Stock or Broth; 300 g, minas Cheese; 1 tsp Smoked Paprika; 2 tbsp Palm Oil

🇧🇷 Brazilian

A one-pot rice dish where cheese perfumes the grains as they cook — weeknight-friendly and endlessly adaptable. Ready in 35 minutes including prep.

Prep 10 min Cook 25 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion1, finely chopped
Turmeric Powder1 tsp
Rice300 g
Spring Onions3
Stock or Broth600 ml
Cheese300 g, minas
Smoked Paprika1 tsp
Palm Oil2 tbsp

Optional extras

Fresh Cilantrohandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Rinse the rice until the water runs clear, then drain well.
2
Heat the Palm Oil in a wide pot, soften the onion, and bloom the smoked paprika for 30 seconds.
3
Stir in the cheese, then add the rice and turn everything gently through the fragrant oil.
4
Pour in the stock, bring to a boil, then clamp on a lid and cook on the lowest heat for 15 minutes without peeking.
5
Rest off the heat for 5 minutes, then fluff with a fork and crown with fresh cilantro.

Chef's tip

Never lift the lid while the rice steams — trapped steam is doing the work.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Easy Homemade Cream Cheese Recipe l Brazilian Style l Collaboration l Debbie Esplin Food · on YouTube